White Supremacists, Opponents Rally

September 21, 1986

Two Chicago men were arrested Saturday on disorderly conduct charges as about 30 white supremacists and 60 members of an anti-neo-Nazi group marched for two hours through the Uptown neighborhood. Dozens of police kept the groups apart as they marched on opposite sidewalks. The Coalition to Stamp out Racist Graffiti, a group opposed to acts of violence by the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis in the Uptown neighborhood, had organized its march to paint over swastikas that marred some buildings. But a citizens group, the Heart of Uptown Coalition, painted over the symbols Saturday morning in an effort to defuse the rally.